This site was created with The Daily Kitten in mind. I as many others, wanted a site for adult cats too. So here it is. Please click on the link below and send pictures of your grown-up kitties. I will pick and choose a different cat to post everyday. Thanks and enjoy! Kudos to ML!!

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Merlin

Shortly after my twelve year old kitty Reba crossed the Rainbow Bridge in July 2005, I was at the gym and the girl working behind the desk was holding a very cute, super tiny kitten. She said she was one of four kittens found in the street. She was keeping that kitten and had taken the others to her vet, but only one had not been adopted yet. We went to the vet and they had the one kitten in his own cage. He had been the oldest of the four kitties (he was 8 weeks old, the others were 5 or 6 weeks). They had not been littermates, nobody knows how they ended up together, but apparently this oldest one had been taking care of the others and he was very protective. So here was this little guy, 8 weeks old, with giant paws, big ears, and a super long tail, sitting in the cage, just checking me out. He didn't move at all when I approached him. I opened the cage and took him out, and he immediately started purring and nuzzling against me. He was not scared at all! I knew he had to come with me. He weighed 1.5 pounds that day, and he gained an average of a pound a week for a while. He now weighs 15 pounds. He is so sweet, I know that he was meant to be part of our family. Merlin loves to play fetch! If I throw his fishie or his mousie, he will chase it down, attack it, play with it for a moment, and then come prancing back to me with the toy in his mouth. He then drops the toy at my feet (or in my shoe if one is sitting there without a foot in it) and waits for me to throw it again. He loves that game. He also loves to plop down on his side and be rubbed. He follows me around and is a very good friend. -Sadie

67 comments:

Whitney, that is such a sweet story! OK, I will say it again, I never tire of pointing this out; We are chosen by our pets. They know the perfrect home for them. It's an instinct.You were chosen that day, it was meant to be. As Earl would say, "Karma!" Merlin sounds like such a fun kitty. His sleeping picture is so precious!

awwww what a touching story. i'm getting teary here this a.m. Merlin is just gorgeous and sounds like such a sweet guy. imagine him taking on those little kittens like that! what a good big brother! does he have any housemates now?

i love how he fetches too! that is so cute. some of my cats used to do that but not so much anymore.

Merlin sounds like a perfect cat! and i want to rub his soft caramel belly! :)

Merlin - That's actually a cool idea...putting the KCotD seal on your blog! Anyone who has been posted is more than welcome to use the seal. Like I said over at Merlin's, I wish I could make it a bit smaller. Oh well.

Ok, I went back to the seal site and there are size choices! Yea! AND, there were new kitty pix to choose from! So, I changed the seal around a bit and I think it looks more bettah! So, now, if I can get Blogger to cooperate with me, ::sigh:: I will change it and everyone can tell me what they think!

Ohhhhhh he has purple soft paws! I finks that's what they's called. Grandma keeps threatenin to put them on me. I don't fink so! hehehe The purple ones are cute tho. And Merlin's so lucky he got rescued :) Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs,Sanjee

hey! there's our furrend Merlin! that's one great story, an it was so nice of you to take care of the littler kittens. is there any chance of your momma getting you a baby kitten furrend any time, since you're so sweet?

He seems to be a very friendly cat ! and had a lot of luck in his life that you took him home. All of my cats are coming from an animal shelter because I think there are so many unlucky cats there. By the way, I just published a text about black cats it's in my cat blog so if you are interested ...

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I am a human in a feline world. Some know me as Kat. I belong to my kitty Emma, hence my sign-on name, Emma's Kat. I have 3 beautiful human children and 4 furry kids. My furry kids are Emma, Marley, Benji and a woofie named Sammie (short for Samantha).